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Lilting Offers a Vision of Cultures in Collision
ANGLO-CAMBODIAN DIRECTOR Hong Khaou’s drama Lilting certainly has elements to draw both a GLBT crowd and that dying demographic: “art film” connoisseurs. While set in London, the dialogue is in…More
Tennessee Williams and His Circle of Friends
Editor’s Note: Last weekend was the annual Tennessee Williams festival in Provincetown, a tour de force of plays by America’s greatest playwright. The theme this year was “Tennessee Williams’ Circle…More
Prophesy Fulfilled
Antonin Scalia is often cited by circuit judges when they’re striking down state bans on same-sex marriage—a huge irony in that Scalia is a staunch opponent of marriage equality. It…More
New York City’s Gayest Building
THE SEAGRAM BUILDING and I are about the same age, but as my hair continues to silver and the parentheses bracketing my mouth make me ever more parenthetical to the…More
Cock and Bull
Here are three stories that are united in their theme of a right-wing politician getting caught with something where it probably doesn’t belong: 1. John Schindler is a professor at…More
At the Corner of Hollywood and Gay
Reel to Real: Portrayals and Perceptions of Gays in HollywoodCurated by Bob Pranga and Steve Nycklemore THE INTERSECTION of Hollywood and Highland is undoubtedly the center of tourism in Tinseltown.…More
Quipping for Equality
It was one of those stage-managed events in which a politician visits a popular venue and has a few awkward encounters with “real people” for the local press. But this…More
Simone de Beauvoir Comes Alive with Violette
Violette. A film by Martin Provost YOU HAVE TO HAND IT to the French for making a biopic about a writer known in the U.S., if at all, only in academic…More
Yves Saint Laurent’s Genius Is Captured in a New Biopic
Yves Saint Laurent Directed by Jalil Lespert ONE OF THE PITFALLS of the biopic is the lead actor’s temptation to do a full-throttle imitation of the person whose life story is…More